“Every time I think I couldn’t love you a bit more, you stretch my heart again.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“You are my heart and this is the first time I've ever thought it was worthy of a beat” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Beckett smiled at his past and future customers with both his dimples. No need to feel alarmed, his smile told them. The… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“In that moment? I knew you were sent to me, that I'd been given nothing from the people in my life, but… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“But if all this time between them had taught him anything, it was that they were orbiting the same fate. Together, always… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“If I told you once, I told you a million times: you’re a handsome motherfucker. I’m almost gay for you.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“By the time she got there, she knew Blake had been right. She sounded like a herd of buffalo in the wild.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Remember how many times I did my hair the day I married Kyle? I think that shirt is my hair for you… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He was sitting this time and kept his head tilted down as he peered up at her. It looked just like an… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Eve paused to let her words sink into the soil of his fatherly impulses. “Blake’s not doing good—you know that. It’s more… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“With every step she felt herself harden. She was a walking statue by the time she hit the police station’s exit. She… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Blake had told Beckett all about her and the kiss. “Good for fucking you,” Beckett said, pounding him on the back. “If… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He moved to her earlobe and breathed, “First, I will blow, then I will lick, last I will bite.” Blake took his… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Do you have to kill people every time you take a piss?” Eve locked the men’s room door behind her. God, he… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“After three days, Blake was weaned off the drugs that kept him asleep. Told he could wake at any moment, everyone but… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“But as he spent more time with Livia and talked to her about what she was learning, he came to feel confident… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Your future will be full of smiles. I promise.” He looked surprised by the vehemence in her voice. “My past was worth… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Blake’s lips were still tinged blue from the time he’d spent waiting for Livia in the rain. Livia decided to change that.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Do you know how many guys I’ve been with?” Kyle asked, meeting her eyes for just a moment. “So many. You know… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“We’re here because I think all that time ago you fell off the horse. I think you had the breath knocked out… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“That moment…that moment out there?” Blake pointed at the bed of army jacket, grass, and mint. “I’ve pictured it in my head… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“What the hell, Kyle? How many damn times have you snuck out of the house?” Kyle’s laugh filled the small car. “Don’t… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Come home with me. I can’t leave you here like this.” This time her voice cracked. “My angel, you forget, you have… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He moved to stand behind her. “How many times did I watch you? So many. Wondering what you smelled like, right here.”… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Chaos poked him again, and Blake welcomed the pain this time. This pain will remind me why I shouldn’t find her. Blake… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“She kissed his lips and felt his smile form. Alone in this beautiful space, Blake and Livia made things right. Blake kissed… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He’d stood like a baby deer. He lurched toward her with no grace at all. She enclosed him in a hug that… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Cole shut the bedroom door and gazed at Kyle. His eyes said he’d married his salvation, and Kyle knew what he meant.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Kyle’s shrill voice interrupted their moment. “Figured you two would turn this into a scout meeting. Will you get your asses up… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Cole had curled into a ball on the mat. Mrs. D will never spend time with me again. He felt his brain… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“But it was a lie. She just craved more time with Blake. During those minutes each morning and evening, she felt herself… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Eve looked away for a moment, then locked her ridiculous baby blues on him. She whipped a knife out of God knows… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“ "that moment... that moment out there?" Blake pointed at the bed of army jacket, grass, and mint. "I've pictured it in… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Livia rubbed Blake’s unresponsive hands and talking of their future. “Blake, we’ll walk in the woods together. We have forever. Just wake… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Beckett, you’re doing this for people who don’t even know you’re protecting them. We’re in the shade here. I can do this.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“We spent some time in a school for troubled kids together a long time ago. My first day was his 1,865th. He… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“By the time he climaxed, Eve was arched and her hair touched the floor. Her face was as far away from his… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“You’re so real. You have a bedroom and a brush. All the times I waited for you, I could never picture where… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“When they stumbled together into a clearing, even in their panic the blue moonlight made it ethereal, like a fairy ring. But in the… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Beckett wrapped a huge arm around Kyle's waist and slammed her body into his. "Sometimes when girls advertise, they get what they're asking for."… — debra anastasia Copy Share Image
“Livia covered the phone until Kyle looked at her. “You’re simply the best lady I know. I promise not to be oblivious anymore.” Kyle… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Remember two eighty-six. Livia now counted on the same sort of feverish, rain-soaked determination that had driven Blake to the train station for smile… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Livia looked puzzled and whispered, “I have no idea why these are special.” Blake dared to touch her face. “They’re the exact color of… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Livia used her mouth to warm any part of his body that felt cold. As she sucked his fingers, she heard a decision in… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“They do the twenty-one-gun salute for the good guys, right? So I brought this.” Beckett pointed the gun in the sky. “For Mouse.” One,… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He was serious. He didn’t want her to hold him close. He didn’t want to pretend she was his mother. He didn’t want to… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Don't put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“He seemed to be drinking in her face, looking at her instead of into her. “Stop. Stop that. This isn’t goodbye.” Blake pulled her… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“She waved, and he smiled like she was the eighth wonder of the world.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“There isn’t a single spot I’ll miss tonight, my wife.” Blake pulled her against him, tilting her head until he could kiss her again.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
